Victoria Beckham is suing a takeaway after the ran an advert branding her an “anorexic fashion icon.”
Sidhu Golden Fish and Chips in North Tyneside declared its pizza crusts are thinner than the former Spice Girl on an advert on the back of its delivery van.
The slogan on the back of the van features a thin caricature of Victoria, in which she is wearing a sash which reads “Anorexic Fashion Icon”.
It then states, “Our new Victoria Beckham thin crust only 2mm thin.”
Thoughts on this? Charities slam takeaway owner in N. Shields for trivialising anorexia. Advert offers pizza thinner than @victoriabeckham pic.twitter.com/IzFTbnvAdX
— Nathan Lee (@NathanLeeTV) August 8, 2017
The fashion designer’s spokeswoman said, “It is highly inappropriate to trivialise such a disorder, and defamatory to be so thoughtless with a person’s reputation in this way.
“Sadly this is now a legal matter.”
However, the manager of the shop, Soni Sidhu, told ITV, “As the manager and on the behalf of all our staff and owners I would like to state we recognise how serious eating disorders are and would never make light the seriousness of people with eating disorders.
“We would like our customers and all people in general to take our advertising in context.”
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